A Bag Full of Interviews

HERE are the URLs for the three-part
interview by Vanessa Gebbie

Vanessa Gebbie-1

Vanessa Gebbie-2

Vanessa Gebbie-3

Internet Writers Journal

London Party & One Book Launch: Ballistics

Ballistics







BALLISTICS!


Early evening, starting about 6PM in Central London,
near an easy-access tube-station.

VENUE WILL BE CONFIRMED AS SOON AS
WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF NUMBERS

The date is Wednesday 14th January.



Please reply asap. Also, if by any chance you are thinking of buying more than one copy
of Ballistics, please let me know, so I can make sure we have enough copies!

CONFIRMED


01 Alex
02 Nancy
03 Dan
04 Lexie
05 Caroline D
06 Debbie
07 Bridie
08 P-J
09 Jo M
10 Adam Pearson
11 Katie Langdon
12 Clare Temperley
13 THE MAN
14 Cally Taylor
15 Ants Davies
16 Cedric, hopefully
17 Chrissie, maybe

I'D PARTICULARLY LOVE TO MEET UP WITH OLD BOOT-CAMPERS,
CURRENT BCERS, THOSE I'VE CYBER-MET ON WD-TLC

Absolutely anyone from WD is welcome,
but PLEASE contact me beforehand so
I can ensure we have room!


IF I HAVE MISSED ANYONE, PLEASE SHOUT, AS I'M GOING DEAF....


PS If I owe anybody money the meeting is in Aberdeen


PLEASE reply asap so I can book etc.

Comments on Alex Keegan's Short-Stories

Ballistics








Alex Keegan is absolutely the best short-story writer I've read! His stories are wonderful; wrenching, hilarious, sexy - with a depth of emotion and beauty of language that makes them unique!







DIANA GABALDON
New York Times Top Ten Author
The Outlander Series &
The Lord John Series



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Gabaldon

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~gatti/gabaldon/gabaldon.html

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DrqwlJa0E24

Vanessa Gebbie Interview

The third part of VG's interview went up yesterday



CLICK HERE






I'd like to thank Vanessa again for her hard work, for fielding some hecklers, and for making me think.

I'm particularly grateful she didn't "smooth-out" the interview.


Tidied interviews are a little bit false.


Alex

Reviews of Earler Writing: RAZORBILL, A WILD JUSTICE

RAZORBILL

A novel with terrific energy and madly stylish!

Keegan writes with an unusual sensuality and his prose reads like a broken bottle of whisky in the sun, strong, glittering, with dark edges.


DIANA GABALDON New York Times Top Ten Author of the Outlander and Lord John series.








A WILD JUSTICE



A Wild Justice, by Alex Keegan



This is the fifth novel by Keegan in the Caz Flood series of crime thrillers. Caz Flood is a British cop/ investigator put on the case to solve a rather grisly murder. The corpse is horrifically mutilated and Keegan gives the reader a rather graphic description of the remains which causes some of the policemen at the scene to lose the contents of their stomachs. There is no obvious motive for this murder and the corpse is unknown with no available history to help solve the case. Only when a second body turns up, only slightly less mutilated, do the connections start to be made.

Flood then feels that the case may be too much for her and moves over to the child protection department to get involved in a case of child abuse and a possible paedophile ring. The literature on child abuse and paedophilia Flood is given to read is reproduced in the novel and harrowing to say the least. It all starts with a young boy, who attends a local nursery, who says he is being abused by his 'second daddy'. It comes to light that two brothers are actually setting up the nurseries in order to gain easy access to children and involving them in pornography of all kinds.

So, how do the two stories fit together? That would be telling. Keegan entwines the stories beautifully to produce a well crafted thriller. Caz Flood is an extremely likeable character and when she is investigating the crimes you wonder how someone could be so lucky not to get caught out. The thing is, you want her to be lucky. The novel also raises interesting ethical questions - who has the right to say who should die? If someone commits a crime that is so abominable and is then murdered, do you really want to rush to catch that persons killer? The answers are not given, but the book is a great read and does make you think long after you've put it down.

Reviews of Earlier Writing: KINGFISHER

Kingfisher

Vulture and Kingfisher are the latest adventures of Brighton DC and top-class runner Caz Flood who is surely one of the best female characters to be penned by a male writer.

Vulture sees Caz investigating a series of sexual assaults on female athletes while Kingfisher is focussed on the mysterious disappearance and reappearance of another female runner.

Keegan is an excellent writer and, as a top-thirty veteran runner, he obviously knows the athletics business and can make it interesting even to those who get puffed taking the dog for a walk.

Plots and sub-plots are excellently paced. After Kingfisher, the bridges of Brighton will never appear the same. However, a word of caution. These two titles are best appreciated if you have first read Cuckoo, Caz’s first adventure, which sets the scene for much of what happens thereafter.

This is a series I can see TV producers fighting for.

SHOTS in the DARK (Crime Magazine)




Keegan neatly weaves together his themes of sexual harassment, the ‘no means no’ debate and the ambiguous area surrounding accusations of date-rape. As a male author, he was stepping into a minefield here, but he seems to have pulled it off, producing a thoroughly entertaining crime novel well worth a second reading for its deeper comments on the (sex) games people play.

The Hype Report




Keegan writes with wit and energy; Caz is a lively, sympathetic and believable character. It all adds up to an exceedingly good detective story.

London Evening Standard




The final act is violently successful with a well-managed twist in the tail. Keegan still rates as one of the brightest recent recruits to crime fiction.


Birmingham Mail




One notch in realism above the average female investigator

Time Out



Caz Flood is the liveliest new detective to have appeared for years.

Birmingham Mail

Reviews of Earler Writing: VULTURE

VULTURE!


Lots of energy on display. Most skilfully packaged ..... deserving of applause...

Literary Review Feb 95



Alex Keegan has got better! A thoroughly entertaining crime novel well worth a second read for its deeper comments on the (sex) games people play.

The Hype Report Feb 95



This is a very readable book, a book to relax with.
Isn’t that what reading is all about?

Southern Echo 27 Jan